We had a Tesla (Model S we bought used for cheap) before Elon went off the rails, and can confirm every bit of that info. Service was a nightmare. My partner had to tell the technician about an active seatbelt recall at one point. We once got an overdue parking ticket in the mail because the shop would just park on the street and not pay. Honestly other than that, the car was fantastic, but little did we know we just won the Tesla lottery and did not get a car with massive problems. After Elon started Elonning, my partner got sideswiped and that totaled the car. Miss the car, but do not miss explaining that we did not agree with anything Elon was doing or saying.

I think the model Y did as well.

Ah, got it. Could also be my migraine making me not fully get things.

I’m all for mass transit, but there are some jobs that require cars. My partner does home health, for example. She often has to take a lot of bulky durable medical equipment (DME) to a person’s home. Even if mass transit existed in all of her territory, transporting DME on it would be prohibative, especially when there are often multiple people that need different pieces of equipment.

In that vein the UK isn’t better. Colonialism and all that.

The only kind of excitement I see in their eyes when talking reading is when talking manga

I don’t think you meant that manga is bad, but there is a huge variety of manga, and a lot of it is really good. But even if they just read shonen, is that a problem? They are reading for fun. It should be celebrated

i still don’t want to talk about your teacher @[email protected] 😜

That’s fair. I will say, it is also true in the US, and seems to be going down faster here. This is from 2021, but still

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/11/12/among-many-u-s-children-reading-for-fun-has-become-less-common-federal-data-shows/

I think you are mistaking criticism for district mandated curricula for criticism of teachers. If anything, my comment was more critical of teachers, but also that was about teachers when I was in high school

So there can’t be educational graphic novels, short stories, TV, movies? Hell there is even educational content to be found on social media if you look

Also having teachers that understand the value of literature besides traditional early American/European authors. Those authors are boring (for me) for the most part. If your school district forces that particular genre, let the kids read Frankenstein or other early sci-fi and horror. For the love of all that is enjoyable, don’t force Hawthorne on anyone. Especially when they are, as a purely hypothetical, falling asleep while reading the book in class.

Ah, exactly what we need. An inaccurate search engine to replace the dominant inaccurate search engine.

Plenty of fungis at that party

Ah, ok. Thanks for the explanation

Wow, I am so sorry. What is the name of the fungus? I’d like to look into it a bit more since we have…a lot of plants in my house

That escalated quickly

WHO got you on that too

https://www.who.int/teams/global-malaria-programme/prevention/vector-control

The WHO has more info in their announcement.

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-10-2024-egypt-is-certified-malaria-free-by-who

Do you live outside the US? The way the US works is far less centralized than other countries. Most of this time this kind of stuff is left up to state regulations or even city regulations and contracts. The truth is that capless plans exist, but that is not the reality for large swaths of the US. You’re taking a broad approach to a specific problem. Ending data caps ends at the Federal level ends the problem and does away with the mess of state BS. Anyway, I am done talking to a brick wall. Have a good one

You act like I work at the FCC. The reality is the city has tried focusing on that in the past and failed because the contracts set up with the ISPs were renewed by the centrist city government. I think you are thinking of an ideal situation where one does not exist.

WHAT CHOICE!? Data caps are on all plans. What options are there? Lay out what you think the choices are.